Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Here are the match-ups for Week #4 of the 2011 Arkansas High School playoffs. This is championship week for the top three classes (5A, 6A, and 7A). Our picks are in BOLD. All games in the lower three classes (4A, 3A, and 2A) are Friday, December 2, 2012 at 7:30 pm.

This game is a re-match of the Week #4 conference game that Bentonville dominated 41-6. The Tigers are aiming for their 26th consecutive win. Fayetteville has had a great season, but the Purple Dogs are running into "the machine" in War Memorial. Bentonville is head and shoulders above the field this year.

6A

El Dorado vs. Lake Hamilton

War Memorial Stadium

Friday, December 2, 2011 -- 7:00 pm

Most observers saw this rematch coming after the Lake Hamilton Wolves defeated the Wildcats 31-24 in conference play during Week #8. These two teams have been the ones to beat in 2011. Although we pick the Wolves to win it all, we wonder if a rubber match shouldn't be set for next week if the Wildcats win this one in Little Rock. We wager that more than a couple of people would pay to see that.

5A

Greenwood vs. Batesville

War Memorial Stadium

Saturday, December 3, 2011 -- 6:30 pm

Greenwood knows its way around War Memorial and dealt with what we believe was the #2 team in 5A in the semi-finals. The Pioneers will give Coach Jones and his Bulldogs a tough game, but the 5A trophy will be headed West one more time before Greenwood moves to 6A next season.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Here are the playoff results for Week #3 of the 2011 Arkansas High School football. The final matchups are now set for the top 3 classes (5A, 6A, and 7A). In 7A, we will see an all 7A West matchup between Fayetteville and defending champion Bentonville. In 6A, we see the strength of the 6A South with Lake Hamilton and El Dorado. El Dorado is making its 4th straight trip to War Memorial and trying to win its 3rd straight title. Greenwood makes the trip to Little Rock to meet Batesville. The lower classifications will set their finals next Friday night.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Here are the match-ups for Week #3 of the 2011 Arkansas High School playoffs. This is the semi-final week for the top three classes (5A, 6A, and 7A). Our picks are in BOLD. We have grouped the bullets such that the winners are paired. Find a great match-up and enjoy the great football this Friday (November 25). All games begin at 7:30 pm.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Here are the 2011 Arkansas High School Football Week #2 scores. Our correct picks are in blue while the misses are in red. We have grouped the bullets such that the winners are paired in the next round.

We picked 3 of 4 correctly in 7A. North Little Rock breaks up the 7A West invitational for the semi-finals.

6A

Lake Hamilton 53, Sheridan 7

Pine Bluff 35, Searcy 14

Jonesboro 49, Texarkana 20

El Dorado 16, Marion 15

A perfect 4 of 4 for picks in 6A. The semi-final games should be fantastic.

5A

Camden Fairview 56, Beebe 17

Greenwood 42, Wynne 7

Batesville 16, Greenbrier 6

White Hall 38, Hot Springs Lakeside 21

In 5A, we were 3 out of 4. It is a shame that the Fairview - Greenwood is not being played in Little Rock in 2 weeks.

4A

McGehee 27, Clarksville 12

Farmington 28, Heber Springs 12

Nashville 28, DeQueen 21

Malvern 42, Prairie Grove 14

Pulaski Academy 57, Osceola 18

Pottsville 49, Clinton 16

Dollarway 26, Stuttgart 23

Gravette 48, Warren 33

We only hit 4 of 8 here in 4A as the 4A-1 showed surprising strength on the road against Heber Springs and Warren. Nashville was another surprise as they turned around an earlier loss to DeQueen. The game of the week next week will be Pottsville at Pulaski Academy.

3A

Earle 48, Smackover 8

Prescott 56, Jessieville 16

Barton 23, West Fork 0

Arkansas Baptist 26, Camden Harmony Grove 6

Charleston 21, Fordyce 0

Harding Academy 42, Greenland 7

Rison 24, Glen Rose 21

Fountain Lake 37, Yellville-Summit 7

Barton ruined a perfect week for us in 3A (7 out of 8). Next week things get interesting in this class as Prescott travels to Earle and Fountain Lake visits Rison.

2A

Carlisle 22, Danville 16

Gurdon 35, Spring Hill 7

East Poinsett County 35, Des Arc 6

Bearden 31, Mount Ida 6

Junction City 21, Mineral Springs 20

Magazine 34, Salem 2

Strong 33, Magnet Cove 14

McCrory 38, Hazen 12

We predicted 6 of 8 in 2A after last week's 14 out of 14. The McCrory - Hazen game was a rematch that Hazen won the first time. McCrory won the game that means more.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Here are the match-ups for Week #2 of the 2011 Arkansas High School playoffs. Our picks are in BOLD. We have grouped the bullets such that the winners are paired. Find a great match-up and enjoy the great football this Friday (November 18). All games begin at 7:30 pm.

Monday, November 14, 2011

The results of week #1 playoffs match-ups in the 2011 Arkansas High School Football playoffs are found below. Since the fields are so large, they are very few surprises or upsets. Look for the games to get better now that the field is moving toward the proper size.

We went 3 for 4 while the West did the same. The change of location didn't change the outcome for Bryant as we anticipated.

6A

Lake Hamilton 38, Russellville 13

Sheridan 15, Jacksonville 10

Searcy 41, Little Rock McClellan 14

Pine Bluff 41, Van Buren 14

Jonesboro 42, Little Rock Fair 6

Texarkana 40, Mountain Home 0

El Dorado 55, Little Rock Parkview 12

Marion 42, Benton 33

A 7 for 8 week in the 6A. The only one we didn't get was a toss-up game. While we are happy to take the "padding" to our prediction stats, we think this shows that there are too many teams in the 6A playoffs.

5A

Camden Fairview 28, Morrilton 21

Beebe 54, Watson Chapel 48

Greenwood 42, Central Arkansas Christian 7

Wynne 28, Monticello 6

Batesville 40, Helena/West Helena 6

Greenbrier 35, Arkadelphia 16

White Hall 37, Blytheville 20

Hot Springs Lakeside 40, Alma 14

We picked 6 of 8 in 5A. Lakeside ran over Alma while Beebe won a shootout out over Watson Chapel in our only misses.

4A

McGehee (1st - 4A-8) -- Bye

Clarksville 42, Lonoke 35

Heber Springs 48, Shiloh Christian 35

Farmington 42, Dumas 6

Nashville 35, Highland21

DeQueen 21, Booneville 16

Malvern 49, Gosnell 7

Prairie Grove 43, Mena 27

Pulaski Academy (1st - 4A-7) -- Bye

Osceola 14, Dardanelle 12

Pottsville 53, Newport 6

Clinton 56, Maumelle 21

Dollarway 34, Ozark 31

Stuttgart 36. Star City 29

Warren 48, Valley View 20

Gravette 30, Pocahontas 8

We hit 10 of 14 here in 4A. We note that Ozark really got stuck with a bad draw and Farmington is much better than we realized.

3A

Earle (1st - 3A-3) -- Bye

Smackover 48, Lincoln 12

Prescott 68, Lamar 27

Jessieville 28, Atkins 14

West Fork 46, Mayflower 21

Barton 21, Paris 8

Camden Harmony Grove 36, Bald Knob 14

Arkansas Baptist 62, Fouke 22

Charleston (1st - 3A-4) -- Bye

Fordyce 34, Hoxie 26

Harding Academy 48, Mountain View 6

Greenland 42, Riverview 21

Rison 42, Bismarck 7

Glen Rose 35, Rivercrest 3

Yellville-Summit 39, Mansfield 7

Fountain Lake 60, Harrisburg 6

An 11 of 14 week in 3A.

2A

Carlisle (1st - 2A-6) -- Bye

Danville 56, Clarendon 20

Gurdon 37, Cross County 6

Spring Hill 52, Norphlet 24

East Poinsett County 68, Dierks 14

Des Arc 44, Quitman 22

Bearden 34, Hackett 21

Mount Ida 31, Bigelow 19

Junction City (1st - 2A-8) -- Bye

Mineral Springs 62, Poyen 0

Magazine 41,Hampton 6

Salem 35, England 14

Magnet Cove 28, Union Christian 6

Strong 35, Mountainburg 28

McCrory 62, Conway Christian 43

Hazen 40, Walnut Ridge 37

We picked a perfect week (14 of 14) in 2A. The only noteworthy thing this week in 2A is the fact that a lot of teams traveled a long way to get their whuppin'.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Here are the match-ups for Week #1 of the 2011 Arkansas High School playoffs. Our picks are in BOLD. We have grouped the bullets such that the winners are paired. Find a great match-up and enjoy the great football weather this Friday (November 11). All games begin at 7:30 pm.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Week #10 of the 2011 Arkansas High School Football season is done and playoff match-ups for all 6 classifications are set. We will post the playoff match-ups with our predictions later this week. Take a glance at the Bald Knob score. We are not certain that they didn't burn out the lights on the scoreboard.